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Soil Acidity

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. B. Ulrich

    1. Institut für Bodenkunde und Waldernährung der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  2. M. E. Sumner

    1. Department of Agronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Soil Acidification and Alkalinization

    • N. van Breemen
    Pages 1-7

  3. Proton Sinks in Soil Controlling Soil Acidification

    • M. G. M. Bruggenwert, T. Hiemstra, G. H. Bolt
    Pages 8-27

  4. An Ecosystem Approach to Soil Acidification

    • B. Ulrich
    Pages 28-79

  5. Influence of the Acid/Base Status on the Formation and Interactions of Acids and Bases in Soils

    • M. H. B. Hayes
    Pages 80-96

  6. The Chemistry of Aluminium, Iron and Manganese Oxides in Acid Soils

    • E. Paterson, B. A. Goodman, V. C. Farmer
    Pages 97-124

  7. Assessing the Solubilities and Reaction Kinetics of Aluminous Minerals in Soils

    • H. M. May, D. K. Nordstrom
    Pages 125-148

  8. Nutrient Status and Toxicity Problems in Acid Soils

    • M. E. Sumner, M. V. Fey, A. D. Noble
    Pages 149-182

  9. Effects of Soil Acidity on Plant Associations

    • M. Runge, M. W. Rode
    Pages 183-202

  10. The Transfer of Acidity from Soils to Surface Waters

    • J. O. Reuss
    Pages 203-217

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 219-224
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Processes of acidification or alkalization of soils are treated, taking the qualitative changes in soil chemistry into consideration. Following a theoretical background of ecosystem proton budgets, the application for assessing external and internal acid loads are demonstrated. The chemistry of organic matter and the oxides of aluminum, iron, and manganese are treated in the context of being sources and sinks for acid loads in soils. Special attention is payed to the assessment of solubility and reaction kinetics of aluminous minerals. The formation of toxic elements in soil solution resulting from the solubilization of inorganic oxides as well as aspects of changes in the nutrient status of soils, changes of fertility and processes leading to a transfer of acidity from soils to surface are discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Bodenkunde und Waldernährung der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    B. Ulrich

  • Department of Agronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    M. E. Sumner

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